THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 53 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
ïIramlúm[s<vad>   -   DISCUSSION   BETWEEN   RAMA   AND   LAKSHMANA
 
suoI   bt   s-ayRí   -rt>   kekyIsut>   ,
muidtaNkaeslanekae   yae   -aeúyTyixrajvt!   .11.
suoI  always enthusiastic
bt what difficulty
s-ayR>  with wife
c also
-rt>  Bharata
kekyIsut>  son of Kaikeyi
muidtan!  looking happy
kaeslan!  states of Kosala
@k> alone
y> who
-aeúyit  will protect
Aixrajvt!  as an emperor

 
11.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   can   Bharata   alone   protect   the   states   of   Kosala   single   handedly.
 
s   ih   raJySy   svRSy   muomek<   -iv:yit   ,
tate   c   vysa=tIte   miy   car{ymaiïte   .12.
s> he
ih surely
raJySy  ruling the kingdom's
svRSy  for every thing
muo<  facing
@k<  alone
-iv:yit  will become
tate  father
c also
vysa  because of age
AtIte  dies
miy c  I also
Ar{y<  in the forest
Aaiïte  living

 
12.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   after   father   passes   away,   Bharata   will   have   to   face   the   task   of ruling   the   country   alone.
 
AwRxma‰R   pirTyJy   y>   kammnuvtRte   ,
@vmapXyte   i]à<   raja   dzrwae   ywa   .13.
AwRxma‰R  the two aspects of dharma and wealth
pirTyJy  discarding
y> who
kamm!  in lust
AnuvtRte  takes it as important
@v<  like this
AapXyte  will die
i]à<  soon
raja  emperor
dzrw>  Dasaratha
ywa being like that

 
13.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Dasaratha   will   soon   die   since   he   has   deviated   from   the   path   of dharma.
 
mNye   dzrwaNtay   mm   àìajnay   c   ,
kEkeyI   saEMy   s<àaÝa   raJyay   -rtSy   c   .14.
mNye  I think
dzrwaNtay  for Dasaratha death
mm my
àìajnay  living in the forest
c also
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
saEMy  blessed one
s<àaÝa  is responsible
raJyay  to rule
-rtSy  for Bharta
c also

 
14.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Kaikeyi   is   responsible   for   Bharata's   coronation,   himself   going to   the   forest   and   Dasaratha's   death.
 
ApIdanI<   n   kEkeyI   saE-a¸ymdmaeihta   ,
kaEsLya<   c   suimÇa<   c   sa   àbaxet   mTk«te   .15.
Aip and
#danI<  now
n not
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
saE-a¸ymdmaeihta  happy because of fulfilling her desires
kaEsLya< c  Kausalya also
suimÇa< c  Sumitra also
sa that
àbaxet  will exile
mTk«te  because of being my relatives

 
15.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Kaikeyi   in   her   moment   of   fulfilling   her   desires   will   send   on   exile Kausalya   and   Sumitra   because   of   their   relationship   with   him.
 
ma   Sm   mTkar[aÎevI   suimÇa   Ê>omavset!   ,
AyaeXyaimt   @v   Tv<   kaLye   àivz   lúm[   .16.
ma Sm  should not
mTkar[at!  because of me
devI  queen
suimÇa  Sumitra
Ê>o<  difficult
Aavset!  face
AyaeXya<  for ayodhya itself
#t> from here
@v only
Tv<  you
kaLye  at sunrise
àivz  go
lúm[  Lakshmana

 
16.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Sumitra   should   not   face   difficulties   because   of   him   and   asked Lakshmana   to   leave   for   Ayodhya   in   the   morning.
 
Ahmekae   gim:yaim   sItya   sh   d{fkan!   ,
Anawaya   ih   nawSTv<   kaEsLyaya   -iv:yis   .17.
Ah<  I
@k> alone
gim:yaim  will go
sItya sh  with Sita
d{fkan!  to dandakaranya
Anawaya>  without any help
ih surely
naw>  as a help
Tv<  you
kaEsLyaya>  to Kausalya also
-iv:yis  please become

 
17.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   will   go   with   Sita   to   dandakaranya   while   Lakshmana   will help   Kausalya   also.
 
]uÔkmaR   ih   kEkeyI   Öe;adNyaymacret!   ,
pirdXya   ih   xmR}e   -rte   mm   matrm!   .18.
]uÔkmaR  becoming violent
ih surely
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
Öe;at!  because of enmity
ANyay<  injustice
Aacret!  in case does
pirdXya>  you may hand over
ih surely
xmR}e  versed in dharma
-rte  to Bharata
mm matr<  my mother

 
18.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Kaikeyi   may   do   injustice   to   Kausalya.   In   that   case   Lakshmana should   go   to   Bharata.
 
nUn<   jaTyNtre   kiSm<iôy>   puÇEivRyaeijta>   ,
jnNya   mm   saEimÇe   tSmadetÊpiSwtm!   .19.
nUn<  because
jaTyNtre  in earlier birth
kiSmn!  one of
iôy>  ladies
puÇE>  from sons
ivyaeijta>  were separated
jnNya  by mother
mm my
saEimÇe  son of Sumitra
tSmat!  from that
@tt!  the present
%piSwtm!  incident

 
19.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Kausalya   might   have   separated   sons   from   their   mothers   in   an earlier   birth   and   that   is   the   reason   for   this   situation.
 
mya   ih   icrpuòen   Ê>os<vixRten   c   ,
ivàayuJyt   kaEsLya   )lkale   ixgStu   mam!   .20.
mya by me
ih surely
icrpuòen  looked after for long time
Ê>os<vixRten c  brought up with attention
ivàayuJyt  has been separated
kaEsLya  Kausalya
)lkale  when the time to look after has come
ixkœ AStu  I am unforunate. what a pity
mam!  for me

 
20.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   has   been   brought   up   by   Kausalya   with   love   and   care   and when   she   needed   him   to   look   after   her,   he   has   been   separated   from   her.            
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